[net-next v2 15/15] can: dev: add software tx timestamps

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From: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>

Call skb_tx_timestamp() within can_put_echo_skb() so that a software
tx timestamp gets attached on the skb.

There two main reasons to include this call in can_put_echo_skb():

  * It easily allow to enable the tx timestamp on all devices with
    just one small change.

  * According to Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst, the tx
    timestamps should be generated in the device driver as close as
    possible, but always prior to passing the packet to the network
    interface. During the call to can_put_echo_skb(), the skb gets
    cloned meaning that the driver should not dereference the skb
    variable anymore after can_put_echo_skb() returns. This makes
    can_put_echo_skb() the very last place we can use the skb without
    having to access the echo_skb[] array.

Remarks:

  * By default, skb_tx_timestamp() does nothing. It needs to be
    activated by passing the SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE flag either
    through socket options or control messages.

  * The hardware rx timestamp of a local loopback message is the
    hardware tx timestamp. This means that there are no needs to
    implement SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE for CAN sockets.

References:

Support for the error queue in CAN RAW sockets (which is needed for tx
timestamps) was introduced in:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=eb88531bdbfaafb827192d1fc6c5a3fcc4fadd96

Put the call to skb_tx_timestamp() just before adding it to the array:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/1/10/54

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210110124903.109773-2-mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 53683d4312f1..f858f994cd49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 		skb->dev = dev;
+		skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 
 		/* save frame_len to reuse it when transmission is completed */
 		can_skb_prv(skb)->frame_len = frame_len;
-- 
2.29.2





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